Forbidden Alchemy
Instant
Look at the top four cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.
Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
- CommanderLegal
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- PauperLegal
Selling Forbidden Alchemy?
Most copies of Forbidden Alchemy are worth under $1, so we buy them as bulk.
All 13 printings and prices
| Set | # | Released | Nonfoil | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander TDC | 152 | Apr 2025 | $0.27 | – |
| Innistrad Remastered INR | 355 | Jan 2025 | $0.26 | $0.46 |
| Innistrad Remastered INR | 65 | Jan 2025 | $0.20 | $0.14 |
| Ravnica: Clue Edition CLU | 86 | Feb 2024 | $0.15 | – |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander LTC | 191 | Jun 2023 | $0.25 | – |
| Double Masters 2022 2X2 | 49 | Jul 2022 | $0.29 | $0.11 |
| Forgotten Realms Commander AFC | 84 | Jul 2021 | $0.18 | – |
| The List PLST | MM3-38 | Nov 2019 | $0.37 | – |
| Ultimate Masters UMA | 56 | Dec 2018 | $0.27 | $0.10 |
| Modern Masters 2017 MM3 | 38 | Mar 2017 | $0.21 | $0.28 |
| Duel Decks: Blessed vs. Cursed DDQ | 43 | Feb 2016 | $0.07 | – |
| Friday Night Magic 2012 F12 | 7 | Jan 2012 | – | $0.62 |
| Innistrad ISD | 55 | Sep 2011 | $0.07 | $0.51 |
TCGplayer market, near mint, Oct 16, 2026.
Rulings
If you have fewer than four cards in your library, you'll look at all the cards there and put one into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.
You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.
"Flashback [cost]" means "You may cast this card from your graveyard by paying [cost] rather than paying its mana cost" and "If the flashback cost was paid, exile this card instead of putting it anywhere else any time it would leave the stack."
You must still follow any timing restrictions and permissions, including those based on the card's type. For instance, you can cast a sorcery using flashback only when you could normally cast a sorcery.
To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost (such as a flashback cost) you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell is determined only by its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast the spell was.
A spell cast using flashback will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.
If a card with flashback is put into your graveyard during your turn, you can cast it if it's legal to do so before any other player can take any actions.
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